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Theoretical aspects of passivization in the framework of applicative grammar /
Passivization is explained by using the formalism of combinatory logic. The agented passive is derived from the agentless as follows: a term denoting an agent is transposed into a predicate modifier and applied to the passive predicate of the agentless construction. The passive predicate consists of...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autores principales: | , , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam/Philadelphia :
John Benjamins Publishing Company,
1985.
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| Colección: | Pragmatics & beyond ;
6:1. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Passivization is explained by using the formalism of combinatory logic. The agented passive is derived from the agentless as follows: a term denoting an agent is transposed into a predicate modifier and applied to the passive predicate of the agentless construction. The passive predicate consists of two parts: 1) the two-place converse of the active predicate and 2) a zero unspecified term to which the converse predicate is applied. The passive is not derived from but is related to the active. The modifier of the passive predicate is the functional counterpart of the subject in the active. The proposed hypothesis gives an adequate solution to problems arising from various types of passive constructions. Passivization and antipassivization are defined as instances of a general cross-linguistic process involving conversion. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (123 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 111-115). |
| ISBN: | 9789027279637 9027279632 1283359197 9781283359191 9786613359193 661335919X |
| ISSN: | 0166-6258 ; |